RPC VI, 886 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume VI
Number 886 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Elagabalus
Person (obv.) Julia Maesa (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΜΑΙϹΑ ΑΥΓ
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Julia Maesa, right
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Reverse design dolphin, right, between two fishes, one left and the other, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1678–80
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 455 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1679 = Mi S. II, 266, 376
2 2     ✸ B: 230/1897 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1678
3 3     Istanbul: 382 Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1680